Creativity quotient: a statistical instrument for combining cognitive and personality components of creative thinking

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dc.contributor.authorSobhany, Maryam Saffaripouren
dc.contributor.committeecochairRogers, C.S.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairMaxwell, J.W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKrutchkoff, Richard G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMancini, Jay A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFarrier, Shirley C.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T14:38:34Zen
dc.date.available2014-08-13T14:38:34Zen
dc.date.issued1985en
dc.description.abstractCreative thinking is a multi-faceted trait. It encompasses a constellation of intellectual abilities and personality characteristics. In this study cognitive and personality components of creative thinking were included in an instrument. From the relevant literature the most important cognitive components in order of importance were problem finding, original problem solving, general problem solving, knowledge, and attentiveness to detail. Lack of conformity was suggested to be the most important personality component. Measures of these components of creative thinking were developed. Data were obtained by interviewing 110 third-grade children (M = 8.9 yrs), from which 80 sets were randomly selected to develop a scoring scheme. The scoring scheme was utilized to derive a statistical equation to quantify creative thinking for each individual. To ascertain the reliability and consistency of the developed scoring scheme, the author and two graduate students independently scored the remaining data (30 sets). The coefficient of variability for the three groups of scores were computed by means of pooled estimate of variance. This quantity was found to be .02 which is remarkably small. The relative contribution of each component to creative thinking and the interrelationship between them have been discussed. whether problem finding and problem solving are two separate cognitive processes was also discussed.en
dc.description.adminincomplete_metadataen
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 96 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49843en
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 13280224en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1985.S653en
dc.subject.lcshCreative thinkingen
dc.subject.lcshCreative abilityen
dc.subject.lcshPersonalityen
dc.subject.lcshPressureen
dc.titleCreativity quotient: a statistical instrument for combining cognitive and personality components of creative thinkingen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameEd. D.en

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